Glory Quotes
2290 quotes by 1395 authors
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Glory to God in highest heaven, Who unto man His Son hath given; While angels sing with tender mirth, A glad new year to all…
— Martin Luther
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The glory is for those who deserve.
— Horace
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The Sappers really need no tribute from me; their reward lies in the glory of their achievement. The more science intervenes in warfare, the more…
— Bernard Law Montgomery
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Oh, how this spring of love resembleth, The uncertain glory of an April day, Which now shows all beauty of the Sun, And by and…
— William Shakespeare
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Charity feeds the poor, so does pride; charity builds an hospital, so does pride. In this they differ: charity gives her glory to God; pride…
— Francis Quarles
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When that happens [the demise of golf], old men will furtively beckon to their sons and, like fugitives from the guillotine recalling the elegant orgies…
— Alistair Cooke
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Physical pleasure is a sensual experience no different from pure seeing or the pure sensation with which a fine fruit fills the tongue; it is…
— Rainer Maria Rilke
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We triumph without glory when we conquer without danger.
— Pierre Corneille
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The glory of creation is in its infinite diversity.
— Gene Roddenberry
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To the ashes of the dead glory comes too late.
— Martial
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How many worthy men have we known to survive their own reputation, who have seen and suffered the honor and glory most justly acquired in…
— Michel de Montaigne
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Fame is but an inscription on a grave, and glory the melancholy blazon on a coffin lid.
— Alexander Smith
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Man is not only a contributory creature, but a total creature; he does not only make one, but he is all; he is not a…
— John Donne
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Therefore be on your guard against the Jews, knowing that wherever they have their synagogues, nothing is found but a den of devils in which…
— Martin Luther
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He who prohibited the making of a graven image would never himself have made an image in the likeness of holy things [i.e., by creating…
— Clement of Alexandria
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It is not vain glory for a man and his glass to confer in his own chamber.
— William Shakespeare
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Birth is nothing without virtue, and we have no claim to share in the glory of our ancestors unless we endeavor to resemble them.
— Moliere
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Christians should never fail to sense the operation of an angelic glory. It forever eclipses the world of demonic powers, as the sun does a…
— Billy Graham
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We [the Government] are here not as masters but as servants, we are not here to glory in power, but to attest our loyalty to…
— Charles Evans Hughes
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Generally speaking, "an eye single to the glory of God" means sacrifice. It means that instead of endlessly doing what we want to do, we…
— Hartman Rector, Jr.
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